Man what an awesome event. closest thing to an old school fuel race at a small track we will ever get to see!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Small church, big wedding!!

@bdb000x5

5 ай бұрын

Dad and I always went to the gatornationals wish I had known about this . Live maybe 15 to 20 mins from the track

@atamagashock

5 ай бұрын

I remember when Atco raceway had big events like that. Shut was crazy at such a small track. Good ole days

@Methoverbitches

5 ай бұрын

@@bdb000x5you’re trying to tell me you couldn’t feel ? Liar haha

@halseyknox

5 ай бұрын

Don't know what world of old school racing your referring to but NOTHING in modern era nhra holds a candle to 60's/70's era drag racing....I repeat NOTHING

I hope there's more of these shows, it looks like everyone was pumped. A lot of the racers couldn't conceal their excitement.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

I love seeing the emotion on the startline.

This event had such an old school grudge match feel to it! More PRO sanctioned races please!!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Yes it had a different atmosphere. That said, I love the NHRA stuff too.

respect to the drivers that put their lives on the line every single pass..300+ mph aint no place for jokes or mistakes.

Good video! “you know the deal” 😂 Hopefully this event reminds local politicians that a housing development next door is a bad idea.

nicely done video/stills! Really great to see that AWESOME fan support for a GREAT way to start the 2024 Drag Race season

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks brother!

Now that - is some of the best coverage I've seen in a long time - 'just the facts ma'am"

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

thank you!

Great awesome coverage and The NHRA and FOX could make their broadcasts even better with this raw sound of drag racing captured in this cool video‼️♥️🏁🏆👍🏾

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

I was here for this! It was an amazing first experience of top fuel and funny cars!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

What was your reaction?

I hadn't even thought about top fuel for years and years until this event and a lot of the videos on the Cleeter channel. Pretty awesome everyone out it together, hyped it up, and put on an incredible show.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely, it was epic.

Just cannot say enough about how great of a job you did putting this video together. This format is your niche that will make you stand above others.

Electric will NEVER replace pure brute force 10,000 bhp the feel the sound the smell of thunder on the tarmac 🙏🏻🇬🇧👏👏

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Nitro forever!

@drscottbecker3615

5 ай бұрын

1000% !

Great Great video!!! Way better than tv does it. The sound is just baddass. You gotta turn those stills into posters. Back in the 70s, you could buy NHRA funny car and top fuel posters everywhere. People had them hanging in their garages, bedrooms, living rooms etc. Dont see them anywhere anymore. Anyway, what an awesome sellout event!!!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

That’s a great idea.

@13699111

5 ай бұрын

Good memories of some old school drag racing. I'm old enough to remember all the great posters to

Clay for the win being the most exciting driver to watch and actually making us few like we were a part of it the entire week!! Congrats to a well fought but 2nd place win. Can’t win em all but he’s by far a crowd favorite!!! Damn he had a fast ass car!!! It looked like if you weren’t dialed just perfect in that right lane, you weren’t going to win unless the left made a mistake. All around an absolute blast to watch and I hope they bring more of these events to tracks like this across the country. Go Clay!!!

Great report, superb camera work thanks 👍

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

and they're going to build a thousand houses right next to the track. What could go wrong? Awesome content sir. Thanks for filling in the coverage where Flo had to leave off. That's not s slam on Flo either. I'm just a cheap ass.

They out NHRA'd NHRA. This is the future of drag racing!

@dakotaautosales9673

5 ай бұрын

😂😂🤡

So much awesomeness!!! Need more of this racing!!! Look at the crowd !!!! Thanks Cleet for putting Bradenton on the map!

@LivingNitro

4 ай бұрын

Hope it comes back next year!

What a great event.. loved the videography just excellent all round .. great channel!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Much appreciated!

I would like to tell you that your channel is exactly what I am striving to start. After many years of working, punching in, and punching out, I decided I want to start doing what I love, and that is attending drag races and capturing the moments, not just for myself, but for everybody to experience. I just thought I’d let you know that you’re an inspiration and I hope to one day show you what you have inspired me to become. Thank you for your amazing content!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

You can do it! Make sure to post back in future videos when you have it up!!

@Fueledpassionvideos

5 ай бұрын

@@LivingNitro I appreciate that! Will do!

Bradenton is turning into a very fast track again. I've been a HUGE fan of the Kalitta family since the 80s. Congrats Doug Kalitta.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

The fastest in the world!

Great video! Thanks for sharing 👊

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

You bet!

First time ever at a Pro Drag Event. Loved it Fkn Awesome!!! Funny Car Forever!! John Force!!!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

What was your reaction to it?

Heck of a job on the camera work and editing. So happy for the competitor teams, Victor and BMP, what a crowd!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

Really like how you put the times on the screen after the run.

It's nice to see race fans coming out to support all forms of racing. There have been too many times with races where there are hardly any people in the stands.

@LivingNitro

4 ай бұрын

It was packed!

Cleetus single handedly is bringing drag racing scene back

Wonderful video it really captured the beasts that they are in action. Apart from launching an Apollo 13 type rocket you will never see, hear and feel the energy like top fuel your whole body feels the power. Well done!

@LivingNitro

4 ай бұрын

Nailed it!

Last time I saw Funny Car and Top Fuel run was at Thunder Valley a Long time ago. Good stuff!

this event was amazing i have been to a bunch of drag events, NHRA and nothing compares to this and the amount of the behind the curtin content was insane from all the youtubers loved it, man i was pulling for clay and cleetus and everyone on that crew this week amazing job!!!!! i hope this come's back next year at BMP

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

I hope it comes back too!

Killer Footage !!! Thank You !!!

@LivingNitro

4 ай бұрын

You're welcome, glad you enjoyed it.

Top notch work. Love the stills.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! Got a favorite?

So many cameras and so much access. In your element there Luke

@LivingNitro

4 ай бұрын

Sure was! Being able to move around freely is a lot of help to getting good photos.

New subscriber👍 Awesome coverage and editing (nothing but burnouts and runs)...

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Just the stuff I like to see too.

Awesome coverage!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot!

Excellant video- wish Clay had won- but still an amazing event

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Next time!

They would have never gone to that track if it didn't have an absolutely perfect surface. So the people that created that surface are the ones that deserve the credit. Cus you can just go look. 99.99% of all the small tracks are inadequate to hold these guys at 100% full throttle.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Absolutely! Top class surface.

@dakotaautosales9673

5 ай бұрын

No surface is perfect Skippy

@williambarry8015

5 ай бұрын

@@dakotaautosales9673 as far as small independent tracks go it is Skippy.

@dakotaautosales9673

5 ай бұрын

@@williambarry8015 99% of the tracks are independently OWNED SKIP GET A GRIP 🧁 And what is your definition of small

Great race - wish i was there. Great video too

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

It was awesome!

Perfect, that looked awesome

I salute you, you did one heck of a job recording this race...you definitely have skills

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that, thanks!

Nice coverage sir... Great idea putting in the times as a banner :)

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks, so long as the track has a timing app like Bradenton it is easy enough - but inputting them manually would be a time suck.

good footage ,,, nice cam work as well ,,, keep up the great work ,,, THANKS👍

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Well done video! I could smell the Nitro!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

The only thing you need to feel like you are there is the smell haha

Heck of a job on the camera work got to see me than we do on Sundays with NHRA great show killer racing great job ...I believe some people better take notes

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

Excellent !!!

This event was by far the richest, fastest, and most enjoyable drag racing event I have ever attended. Can't say enough good things about PRO and Drag Illustrated as promoters and just hope there's many more events like this in the future!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! What was your favorite moment?

Thanks for posting this great video at least here we didn’t have to pay for yet another subscription tv service

Great job with the overlays 🙏🙏🙏

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

i was in the stand lol this was the most enjoyable race ive ever been to the sound of these dragsters are insane

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

They shake the ground!

Loved the National Anthem. Brought Chills❤❤

Cheers for the quality coverage this weekend!! ❤ from 🇦🇺

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

No problem 👍

Thank you for uploading this!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

No problem!

Nice job on putting together this video.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Great coverage!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

How about that *CROWD* NHRA!?!?!?

@dakotaautosales9673

5 ай бұрын

Hey Goofball NHRA Sells out All the time at much larger facilities🤦‍♂️ And also don't ever watch a NHRA Event again if they are so bad🧁

Excellent camera work!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

It's amazing now to watch how much the sport has changed in 35 years. My dad and I watched every Thursday night on ESPN in the late 80s. Remember when Eddie Hill went a 4.99; we thought it couldn't Go much faster. Look at it now.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

The performance gains get harder to find and yet they keep coming!

WOW! Great job on this one, my throats burning from the sweet smell of nitro and rubber!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I wasn't aware of this event until just a few days ago, couldn't have made it anyway on short notice, but boy does it sure look like some hard lessons were learned, mistakes analyzed from the first time this sport tried events like this. "Cleetus" (or Larry or Garrett...) was born 22-23 years after the last time a Pro event happened. You can't even find google links unless you use the right combo of words. My buddies and I camped out at Long Island Dragway for the NY event, had a great time, but the "PRO" was short lived. Congrats Cleetus on a job well done. Now do some research on how the Knapp brothers let the PREMIER track on the east coast vaporize.

@dakotaautosales9673

5 ай бұрын

What did Cletus do🤦‍♂️

It’s good to see the crowd back it was getting pretty bad. It seems like there last year. People just weren’t showing up like they used to.

AA/FUEL nuff said.

Thank you for posting the times! Insta sub

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Welcome!

Man this event and all the funny car and nitro chaos events are the way to go. I love regular nhra event but these events got a different feeling

@Inthefoxhole

5 ай бұрын

It's like theOld IHRA days.but better

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

It was a lot of fun.

I want to go to this race next year. It looks like the kind of racing I love

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Definitely put it on your list!

Congratulations congratulations 🎊🎉🎈🍾 buddy thanks ,for the starting line shots vlogs good job thanks BigAl California.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

You’re welcome, BigAl.

Kool. Video, lots if editing I'm sure. Just subd. Bring on the nitro👍🏻

@LivingNitro

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

I want to do for my hometown track, what Cleetus has done for his. Freaking unreal!

CONTROLLED EXPLOSION!!!🔥🔥😭

We need more or these races!

It's too bad this will all be gone when the houses show up.

I can see myself in the stands across from you all the way to the right taking pictures, I'm almost at the top at 3:20 lol

@LivingNitro

4 ай бұрын

Sweet! Hi!!

This reminds me of the pro winter warm-up at Palm Beach raceway before they closed it.

Great content that was awesome

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

The fastest track in Florida! Let's go Clay!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Clay is awesome.

Pretty neat except not knowing who half of the drivers were.

Great event.

GREAT RACING BY EVERYONE.

CONGRADULATIONS TO ALL NHRA DRIVERS AND TEAMS.

Welp, everyone in right line got screwed over. Must've been something on that track at like 3/4 track.

I can’t even imagine what it’s like to try to hold on to a car that breaks its tires loose at 300 miles per hour.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Right? Crazy skills.

Does anyone know what handicap the funny cars were leaving on? Also, thanks for the awesome video mate.. 4k and up close.. this is some of the best footage of fuel cars i've ever seen.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Two tenths. I think the dragsters will need another half a tenth next year. And thank you for the kind comments!

@Dizman76

5 ай бұрын

@@LivingNitro All good mate and thanks for the info.

great job Luke

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Clay is the star of the whole event

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

He did so well!

@dakotaautosales9673

5 ай бұрын

Wrong 😂 Try Doug Kallita Austin Prock and Erica Enders What in the hell were you watching🧁

We are moving to Lakewood Ranch . Hopefully this event is at Bradenton next winter!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Tell all your neighbors how good the track is for the local area!

@Marvin-fn7ks

5 ай бұрын

Believe me I know . Im a fan .

When I was in college I dated a girl who wanted to drive Top Fuel dragster. I think she’s an admin assistant in some backwater town in Pennsylvania now. Apparently her dreams changed along the way…

🤘😎🤘Wicked vid

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Thanks man!

How did Clay lose?!?! He ran 3.8 or better all weekend! Then ran a 4.2 in the finals 🤔 just goes to show how competitive / close this is. Wow! What an event!

National anthem, awsome

Love it back in the day they use to race top fuel dragsters vs funny car .

Wes Buck from Drag Illustrated was the brainchild of putting this event on. He is the one who got the ball rolling on this last September.

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Yep, he deserves a lot of praise!

Love the cleetus on the side of his car

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Hell yeah brother!

@dakotaautosales9673

5 ай бұрын

Nut Rider

Anybody else noticed the right lane was the weak one! More smokers on that than the left,and the times were generally lower as a result,still feckin amazing either way,hats off to the pilots,they ain't drivers at that speed,and the teams,world class spanner wielder's,they work so fast they'd never make money in a regular shop,grab a coffee ma'am it'll be done before you finish it!! Ace!

Looks like the left lane was a little sketchy and then it wasn’t. Great Event

What lens a you using? It's crisp!

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Sony 24-105 F4 during the day and Samyang 35mm F1.4 at night.

@lastboyscoutNZ

5 ай бұрын

@@LivingNitro Nice, keep it up :)

the funny cars launch a lot harder than the dragsters i looked like

NHRA should adapt the Funny cars and Top Fuelers running against each other in Qualifying, what would be any problem?

Like the Old IHRA day's but better

I’m so pleased to see today’s event was a sellout crowd as previous days at this event had extremely disappointing attendance.

@Inthefoxhole

5 ай бұрын

People are having a hard time keeping food on the table

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

Friday was very busy as well.

@NorthernChev

5 ай бұрын

@@Inthefoxhole ...I mean, if you repeat something false enough times, I guess SOMEOINE will eventually believe it. LUL

How did they determine a handicap for funny car vs top fuel?

@erpfanatic6586

5 ай бұрын

Luckily, there had already been Top Fuel vs Funny Car races held in the past, I believe first at Bristol, circa 1999? 2000? Anywho, if I recall correctly, the average disparity was .30 and the tree would flash the 4/10th pro tree to Funny Car first, then .30 of a second later, the same would flash to Top Fuel. The event was won by, none other than the 'Champ, John Force. Ah that brings it back, doesn't it?

@dakotaautosales9673

5 ай бұрын

There has always been about 2/10 of the second difference in funny car VS top fuel that's how they came up with it

Advertising antifreeze on a dragster when dragsters are solid billet blocks(dry blocks)... is wild😅

@LivingNitro

5 ай бұрын

🤣